Lotus Fortress tracksite, QII (Cretaceous to of China)

Also known as Sanjiao, Laoying Mountain, Lianhua Baozhai

Where: Sichuan, China (29.4° N, 103.9° E: paleocoordinates 28.1° N, 107.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Jiaguan Formation (Chiating Group), Barremian to Barremian (129.4 - 100.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; quartzose sandstone and mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, trace

Collected by L. Xing in 2006–2007, 2009, 2012

Collection methods: surface (in situ), peel or thin section,

Primary reference: L. Xing, F. Wang, S. Pan and W. Chen. 2007. [The discovery of dinosaur footprints from the middle Cretaceous Jiaguan Formation of Qijiang County, Chongqing City]. Acta Geologica Sinica 81(11):1591-1602 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 220058: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 03.05.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda -
Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881 theropod
QII-OI12
 Ornithischia - Iguanodontipodidae
Caririchnium lotus n. sp. Xing et al. 2007 ornithopod
trackways QII-O1–O24
 Saurischia -
Sauropoda indet. Marsh 1878 sauropod
undertracks; QII-S1, SI1
 Ichnofossils -